Hong Kong version working holiday young people summer vacation local farm internship to help Hong Kong people eat Hong Kong cuisine

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Written by: Huang Yongyu

2020-09-01 08:00

Last update date: 2020-09-01 08:00

The new crown pneumonia epidemic has lasted for more than half a year. Everyone wears masks. The city seems to have changed the picture. However, Heidi, Zoe, Carol and Jeffrey took advantage of the summer vacation to spend a "Hong Kong version of working holiday" in the suburbs and worked on the farm. intern.

However, the farmer's experience is not easy. With the violent sun above his head and dragging heavy and heavy farming tools, they laughed and said that they had also tried to "doubt life" while growing vegetables.

Two months passed quickly. In addition to gaining knowledge of farming, they also had a deeper view of Hong Kong agriculture. Among them, Jeffrey, a recent university graduate, was studying accounting, but after two months, he would rather give up his higher salary and hope to do A full-time farmer, "Interest is greater than income, but income does not make a lot of it... But in nature, individuals will be cheerful and motivated to live in the city." Four young people also hope to promote "Hong Kong people eat Hong Kong." The concept of "cooking" has made Hong Kong agriculture "worthy of it."

Jeffrey, Zoe, Heidi and Carol (from left) went to local farms as "practical farmers" during this summer vacation.

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The first job of a DSE student: I feel that knowing the seeds is good!

The four young people have different backgrounds, but they are linked together by farming this summer. They are at the Fuqin Organic Dragon Fruit Farm in Tiekeng Village, Gu Tung Chau, Sheung Shui, as "practical farmers."

Heidi is still studying speech therapy at university, Zoe and Jeffrey are graduates of linguistics and accounting respectively. Among them, Carol, the youngest candidate, is a graduate of the diploma exam and will be admitted to university cultural studies in the coming year. As a job, many people around me go to tutoring and serving as waiters. I feel so bored. Seeing the leaflet, I feel that I am good at seeding!"

In addition to taking care of farmland, interns will also help take care of different animals.

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Trying to grow vegetables and fishing "It’s so hot to die."

Looking back on the two-month experience, I went to work five days a week, and asked the farm manager Qin sister if she needed help every morning, and then each took the tool "auto wave" to start work. , I will have lunch at 12 o'clock, because the sun is too violent at noon, until 2:30 in the afternoon to start work again, until the end of work at 6 o'clock.

In addition to farming, I sometimes take care of the animals on the farm, all kinds of cats and dogs, as well as pigs, sheep, and peacocks to work together.

Jeffrey smiled and said that he even experienced the taste of fishing. "One day I stayed with Uncle Si, grabbed a fishing net, and jumped into the pond to fish."

Zoe recalled that when he went to work on the first day, the first task he was assigned was to pick up the mountain. Weeds, "Maybe I didn't have an hour to pick up, and I already want to shout for help. The sun will bask on your back, and it will take a long time to spend time. I don't even know I will be tight." Heidi also said bluntly. , The weather is a big obstacle at work, and they have to drag heavy tools. They often joked with each other: "It's almost too hot to die."

Fortunately, practice makes perfect. After the first two weeks, the four of them found that they gradually adapted.

Jeffrey is a recent college graduate, and his classmates want to work in accounting after graduation, but he wants to be a farmer on the farm.

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An accounting graduate hopes to be a full-time farmer.

Jeffrey is a recent college graduate. Unlike most of his classmates, he hopes to be a farmer on the farm.

Jeffrey has tried accounting internships. "Actually, there are two types of departments. One department is easy to return early and has no way of resuming work. I tried to have only one internship, and to do it until 12 o’clock or 1 o’clock in the evening, the other type is returned. I just asked you to make a photocopy."

Since he was a child, he has liked nature, tired of stereotyped office work, and hopes to engage in agriculture-related work, with the goal of becoming a farmer.

Although the income is difficult to compare with the accounting industry, he is indifferent: "Interest is greater than income, but income does not make a lot of...In nature, individuals will be cheerful and motivated, so that they can live in the city."

"Hong Kong people eat Hong Kong dishes"

Typhoon Hagos hit Hong Kong earlier, and the Observatory once issued the No. 9 gale or storm enhancement signal. Unlike the expectation that the wind will not need to be reworked, the four of them all agreed that night: "I plant some okra. Count? Plots and plants are dead?” Because they are concerned about the development of Hong Kong’s agriculture, they are also looking for ways to increase the self-sufficiency rate of vegetables in Hong Kong. So they are preparing a project called "Vegetable Basket", hoping to set a fixed amount within one month Provide quantitative vegetables to help Hong Kong's agriculture "get up."

Zoe explained that at present, the general public mainly eats vegetables supplied from the Mainland to Hong Kong. They hope to use the plan to promote the idea of ​​"Hong Kong people eat Hong Kong food". "If you want to be self-sufficient, the most important thing is to support yourself!"

witnessed four Sister Qin, who has grown up, said that she worked hard in farming. At first she thought that the young people had to last for less than two months. But she was "stunned" by the performance of the four people, describing them as "super sharp", even if the temperature was as high as 35 or 36 degrees Celsius. Complaining about working attentively "At least the spirit is suffering, you know that doing it is really messy, sweaty and hot!"

Luo Tinghui (far right), the initiator of the Training Agricultural and Factory Production Internship Program, hopes to use the program to revitalize local practices.

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The initiator of the local talent

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farming and factory production internship program, Luo Tinghui, said that he is thinking about how to revive the local practice. Since March, he has been to different factories and farms to understand the difficulties of different industries. After finding that the talent gap is one of the major difficulties, a plan to recruit interns was born.

Luo said that for the first time, there were a total of 7 institutions, including wood mills, breweries, farms, etc., and 16 interns were selected, mainly diploma candidates and college students.

He pointed out that in addition to personal experience, interns also need to "hand in their homework", such as mentioning sustainable management suggestions to help the industry develop in the long run.

Luo said that he is now preparing for the second phase of the internship program, hoping to subsidize the wages of interns for employers through online crowdfunding.

Although the internship program has ended and everyone has returned to "urban life," they still plan to help out on the farm in the coming weekend.

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